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城市气候

Thecityisanextraordinaryprocessorofmassandenergyandhasitsown

metabolism.Adailyinputofwater,food,andenergyofvariouskindsismatched

byanoutputofsewage,solidwaste,airpollutants,energy,andmaterialsthathave

beentransformedinsomeway.Thequantitiesinvolvedareenormous.Many

aspectsofthisenergyuseaffecttheatmosphereofacity,particularlyinthe

productionofheat.

城市是一个有着自己新陈代谢的巨大的物质和能源处理厂。每天输入水，食物和

各种各样的能量，相应的输出废水，废气，固体，废能和一些已经变形的材

料。这个过程中的物质转移量异常的大，这种能源的消耗在很多方面影响城市的

气候，特别是热量的产生。

Inwintertheheatproducedbyacitycanequalorsurpasstheamountofheat

availablefromtheSun.Alltheheatthatwarmsabuildingeventuallytransfersto

thesurroundingair,aprocessthatisquickestwherehousesarepoorlyinsulated.

Butanautomobileproducesenoughheattowarmaagehouseinwinter,and

ifahousewereperfectlyinsulated,oneadultcouldalsoproducemorethanenough

heattowarmit.Therefore,evenwithoutanyindustrialproductionofheat,an

urbanareatendstobewarmerthanthecountrysidethatsurroundsit.

冬天城市所产生的热量可以达到或超过其从那里接收的热量。所有用来供暖

的热量最后都扩散至周围的环境中，这个过程在那些效果差的房屋里进行得

更快。一辆汽车所产生的热量足以为一个普通的房屋供暖，如果房屋隔热效果做

得好，一个成年人产生的热量就足以让其保暖了。因此，即使没有任何工业产热，

城市地区也会比它周围的地区更暖和。

Theburningoffuel,suchasbycars,isnottheonlysourceofthisincreasedheat.

Twootherfactorscontributetothehigheroveralltemperatureincities.Thefirst

istheheatcapacityofthematerialsthatconstitutethecity,whichistypically

dominatedbyconcreteandasphalt.Duringtheday,heatfromtheSuncanbe

conductedintothesematerialsandstored—tobereleasedatnight.Butinthe

countrysidemateria